BASKETBALL PHILOSOPHY THINKING OUTSIDE THE PAINT pdf

[...]... from their name, that the needs of the community outweigh the desires of the individual Most modern philosophical theories about what makes for a good society begin with the individual These theories are often called “liberal,” though that shouldn’t be confused with the contemporary use of that label Liberal political theories have shaped the political beliefs of both Democrats and Republicans These theories... value each other and the places they live because they have shared goals, common beliefs, and public rituals that bring them together It follows that the best way to preserve the dignity of individuals is to strengthen and enhance the communities to which they belong The abstract idea 10 Stephen H Webb of human rights will accomplish nothing if societies don’t have the wisdom and the will to enforce... often held more people than the number of residents who lived there.3 In many Indiana towns, the gym was the largest building and thus the one place where everyone could gather The gyms held dances, school plays, and graduation ceremonies, as well as basketball games, but it was the games that gave the gyms their most lasting significance Even as late as the 1990s, when there were more entertainment... find this perplexing In basketball, as in other sports, a foul is a type of defect, a violation of a fundamental rule of the game One fundamental of shoemaking would seem to be that the sole of the shoe goes on the bottom, the laces on the top Can we imagine an excellent shoemaker whose every sixth or seventh pair of shoes had the sole on the top, or on the side, or on the back of the shoe? Would we call... and the Indiana Pacers, Indiana basketball was all about high schools Indiana basketball exem- 12 Stephen H Webb plified the first rule of communitarian philosophy: the local should have priority over the national Hoosiers, as people from Indiana are known, identify with their hometowns, and they express that pride by rooting for their high school basketball teams Towns in Indiana are still known by their... it is meant to imitate The tickets are expensive, so only the relatively well-to-do can afford to attend games on a regular basis The gym is in the middle of the state’s largest city, so people in small towns are made to feel on the margins of the action, isolated and left behind Finally, there is undoubtedly a diverse crowd at the games, but the fans come for the glamour of the star athletes and thus... list, Indiana has twenty-eight of the largest thirty-six gyms in the nation The largest of them all is the New Castle Fieldhouse, in New Castle, Indiana, which has 9,314 seats Hoosiers have been crazy about basketball ever since the Reverend Nicholas C McKay brought the game to the Crawfordsville, Indiana, YMCA only two years after the game was invented The first Indiana basketball games were played in... can gather to discuss the issues of the day and just share each other’s company Indeed, one of the most important ways to build a good society is to create buildings that enable people to make connections with each other For small towns in Indiana throughout the twentieth century, basketball gymnasiums served this precise purpose Of the ten high school gyms with the largest seating capacity in the United... little to talk to one another about except the game itself Most social interaction takes place in the expensive suites, which businesses rent to entertain their clients Rather than being active participants in the meaning of the game, fans are passive consumers of a product The particular and local have been replaced by the general and universal The Unmaking of Small-Town Basketball I could easily... that number was reduced to 386 For many communities, the closing of the gym meant the end of their existence In 1950 Life magazine covered the closing of Onward High School, when state troopers were sent to evict the parents who surrounded the school and the students who stayed inside The struggle lasted two years, ending only when the state nullified the high school’s accreditation In many cases, old . alt="" BASKE TBALL AND PHILOSOPHY The Philosophy of Popular Culture The books published in the Philosophy of Popular Culture series will il- luminate and explore philosophical themes and ideas that. Cataloging-in-Publication Data Basketball and philosophy : thinking outside the paint / edited by Jerry L. Walls and Gregory Bassham ; foreword by Dick Vitale. p. cm. — (The philosophy of popular culture) . edited by Jerry L. Walls and Gregory Bassham THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL PHILOSOPHY THINKING OUTSIDE THE PAINT WITH A FOREWORD BY DICK VITALE EDITED BY JERRY L. WALLS AND GREGORY